Peaks& Valleys: Dazzling voting numbers. The virus never went away. And grateful for calm protests. Plus our newscast.
JUN 08, 2020
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Today's top headlines:



  • Floyd County Courthouse closed for two weeks; judges, deputies and clerks in quarantine as outbreak continues. Continuing updates.

  • No virus deaths so far this month in Northwest Georgia but 169 additional positive tests here since June 1. State death toll: 2,180.

  • Huge crowd in downtown Rome Sunday afternoon for 'We Matter: A Peaceful Protest.' City leaders among the speakers. What's next.

  • Politics: With social distancing, masks, sanitizer and new voting machines, Tuesday's trip to area precincts will be very different. What to know before you go.

  • New business coming to former Verizon across from the mall after sale closes. 

  • Ware Mechanical Weather Center: About a half-inch of rain possible with highs in the upper 80s.

  • Truett's Chick-Fil-A Sports Report:. High schools begin conditioning drills today. Kevin Harvick races to win at Atlanta Motor Speedway.


Peaks & Valleys: The highs and lows of Northwest Georgia.



  • From the wonderful avalanche of absentee voting to a good turnout for advance voting, the 2020 primaries will be ones to remember.

  • Seven cases alone in the court system and more tests pending mean the coronavirus isn't making a comeback; it never went away.

  • JC Penney's closing yet another loss for our reeling retail market (Sears, Kmart, Pier 1, others)/

  • And a thank you to those working in our elections offices this year for ensuring we can vote -- absentee, early or in person on Tuesday.



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